Bremen researchers: 94 percent of tropical coral reef habitats at risk
14/10/2020 | In a joint study, scientists from Jacobs University Bremen, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the University of Bremen have for the first time predicted the vulnerability of tropical coral reef habitats to measurable...
New Policy Brief online: Recommendations to improve the state of coasts in Hainan
01/10/2020 | What is the human impact on the coast of Hainan? This Policy Brief summarizes the major findings of a long-term Sino-German research collaborative. We found that aquaculture effluents, municipal sewage and antifouling paint of ships impair the...
CAMPUS AWARD 2020/2021: Submit your nominations now!
The organisers of the CAMPUS AWARD: Research for a Sustainable Future are looking for the best theses at the University of Bremen. The period for nominations starts on September 25, 2020 and runs until November 18, 2020. One doctoral thesis and one...
Scaring Nemo: How do clownfish on coral reefs react to encounters with humans?
10/09/2020 | Human intervention is putting marine ecosystems under increasing pressure. On coral reefs, rising water temperatures, ocean acidification, pollution from plastic waste or overfishing threaten the organisms living there - be they fish, sea cucumbers or...
Plastic waste in the oceans: Floating garbage chutes are not the solution
09/09/2020 | Cleaning the seas from plastic waste cannot be achieved with technologies such as the Dutch “Ocean Cleanup” project. The private initiative aims to clean up the oceans by using floating barriers which are supposed to collect the plastic waste and...
How thunderstorm cells 'communicate' with each other
07/09/2020 | A large part of the rainfall in the tropics is the result of several thunderstorm cells merging to form a large thunderstorm complex – known in technical terms as a mesoscale convective system. A new study by researchers from the Leibniz Centre for...
Study in the Solomon Islands: Researchers investigate changes in traditional ecological knowledge as a result of social change
03/09/2020 | Traditionelles ökologisches Wissen und biologische Vielfalt sind oft eng miteinander verbunden. Doch wie wirken sich zunehmende Veränderungen der Lebensverhältnisse der lokalen Bevölkerung auf deren Wissen über Flora und Fauna aus? Diese...
Online Diskussion National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI): New Perspectives in Cooperative Science
26/08/2020 | On September 9, 2020 at 6:00 pm, the U Bremen Research Alliance invites interested parties to a moderated online discussion on the topic "National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI): New Perspectives in Cooperative Science". Registration for...
Ecosystem design for mangrove protection
15/07/2020 | Each year on 26 July, the ‘International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem’ is celebrated worldwide. In 2015, the date was adopted by the UNESCO for the first time to draw attention on how important mangrove forests in the tropics...
Handing over the baton in ZMT’s scientific management
30/06/2020 | Professor Hildegard Westphal is giving up her role as Scientific Director within the management of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) as of July 1. She has held this position since 2010 and, after a ten-year term of office, is...